Sunday, August 3, 2008

Day 4 Denver

Well... Day 4 was actually yesterday... I am home now ... but here is what I did yesterday on the final day of my trip with RFH.

Woke up late again... went to breakfast at some crepe place. (And here is the highlight of my day) where I found out about ChaCha. Yea... if you have not heard of this then text a question to 242242 (chacha) and a live person at a computer will try to find the answer for you. Totally awesome. Very useful in social/argumentative situations (stupid tony, Ray Bradbury is not dead).

Then we went to the final seminar.. which was pretty weak since most everyone had left already. We just watched a video of what everyone thought were the best radio bits of the past 20 years.

Afterwards Richie, Booster, Tony, Kerry, Bill, Sue and I went some rock 'n roll cafe and had lunch....

After lunch we (Tony, Bill, Kerry, Sue and I) went and saw Pineapple Express (yea it doesn't even come out for 3 days.. but we are members of the media so we totally got to see it before you). It was alright... kind of disappointing... not worth more than a matinée ticket if you do go see it.

Once it was over Kerry and Bill got on a plane and Tony and I drove home. He told me about super heroes he has invented over the years. Not a bad time. Got home at about 3 AM.

That was it... my whole trip.

Now here are those pictures I promised. Nothing really great... you could probobly just stop looking here.




















Friday, August 1, 2008

Day 3 Denver

Wow... now this was a grueling day. Here is the gist of what happened.

Woke up late... showered in 5 minutes and ran down to seminar #1 "Essentials of a Great Morning show"... which was cool.. i actually learned alot. Tony and I skipped the next class which was on a ratings system that wont me used in our market for another two years or somethings... meh... we walked a bit around Denver... found a 7-11 and a record store... then walked back.

There was a big luncheon with some salmon and some Billy Gardel (comedian). He was actually pretty damn funny.. you should check him out on youtube or something.

After that there was a Rock Forum that Bill moderated. That was really cool... we got to watch every rock radio morning show argue about what they thought were the best strategies... Kerry even called BJ (A really big on-air personality in California ... I think) stupid... right to his face... it was awesome. Also learned a ton here

Right after that was over we attended a presentation entitled "10 ways to become the next million dollar morning show" (or something like that). Jerry from the "Jeff and Jer" show (top morning show in San Diego) talked for two hours about blah blah blah... he tried to be funny... but blah blah it was kind of lame...

Richie, Booster, Bill, Tony, and I went to Cheesecake Factory afterwards. I would have never gone... but Richie said he would pay for a couple meals for Tony and I since we are getting raped in the parking lot (... with the $17 a night ... not like... really rap.e...d.) So I figured with the conference coming to a close I better take advantage of it quickly.

Then just now we recorded an hour of show to air on Monday morning. I think they are planning to do 15 minutes at the top of every hour of the show or something. Luckily this time they strayed away from my sleeping arrangements as a topic of discussion.

One more day... I'm sorta bummed it is almost over... but I am ready to get back home to my Christine.

I'll post pictures on my blog maybe like Sunday.

I'm tired now. Goodbye.

Jerk.